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Andhra Pradesh
A.P. cell to monitor GO 610 violations
HYDERABAD, JULY 21. A special monitoring cell will be created by the Andhra Pradesh Government to receive petitions on violations of GO 610, which stipulates repatriation of employees working in Telangana region, contrary to provisions of the ...
Banks aggressively wooing engineering aspirants
HYDERABAD, JULY 21. Endless rounds to the banks, meeting callous officials and submitting heaps of documents -- getting an education loan is a Herculean task. But the scene at the ongoing Engineering counselling centre in Hyderabad is in total ...
Other Stories

  • Gadgets banned in Tirumala temple
  • Fasting Cong. leader shifted to hospital
  • TDP leaders flay TRS chief
  • APSRTC to operate over 1,000 Pushkaram specials
  • Checking fever more important than identifying virus: Kodela
  • Health dept. gears up for the big event
  • TTD to sell laddus
  • A rationalist's advice to Pushkaram pilgrims
  • ABVP threatens to stall counselling


    Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
    Speculation over infant's death
    HYDERABAD, JULY 21. The death of a month-old infant from Hussainialam area at Niloufer Hospital on Sunday led to speculation about it being yet another case of viral fever. The boy, Ghouse Pasha, son of an auto driver of Chataknipura in ...
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  • Passengers to pay development charge at Hyderabad airport
  • Bomb hoax at bus stand
  • Private schools need to improve quality: Minister
  • Special council meet urged
  • Fake currency racket busted


    Karnataka
    Dal merger formula on the anvil
    BANGALORE, JULY 21. The Janata Dal factions have started working out a new merger formula not only to speed up unification efforts but also for a long-lasting understanding to the satisfaction of all senior leaders. Sources in the Janata Dal ...
    Kharge hits out at Opposition charges
    BANGALORE, JULY 21. The Minister for Home and Minor Irrigation, Mallikarjun M. Kharge, said in the Legislative Assembly today that the State Government had spent Rs. 520 crore on drought relief operations in the past three years. Replying to a ...
    Shankar's plea fails to move Oppn.; Council adjourned
    BANGALORE, JULY 21. The Chairman of the Legislative Council, B.L. Shankar, today mildly cautioned the Opposition that if they persisted with their demand for a Joint House Committee to probe drought relief works, it might lead to further ...
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  • Young mishap victim airlifted to Bangalore
  • Division catches Govt. unawares
  • Bridge divide between tech. haves, have-nots: Kofi Annan
  • Closure of Central State farms to affect farm production


    Karnataka-Bangalore
    Contractor released on payment of ransom
    BANGALORE, JULY 21. Six persons, including a woman, abducted a contractor from near the Cauvery Cinema on Sankey Road in his car on Sunday evening, and released him around midnight after they were paid ransom. He was hurt when one of the culprits ...
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  • MoU for improving educational standards
  • Experts to deliver talks on biology
  • NIE programme from today
  • Escaped undertrial, youth nabbed
  • `Ulsoor Lake will be restored by Aug. 30'


    Kerala
    Karunakaran group holds itself back
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 21. The Kerala Appropriations Bill sailed through the Assembly on Monday with the Karunakaran faction in the Congress deciding not to vote against the A.K. Antony Government. The House voted the Bill, pertaining to the ...
    Lorry owners call off strike
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 21. Lorry owners called off their strike with immediate effect on Monday following the Government's decision to keep the recent hike in vehicles taxes in abeyance. The general strike and vehicle bandh planned for Tuesday ...
    Karunakaran demands leadership change
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 21. The senior Congress leader, K. Karunakaran, today made it clear that leadership change would be the main agenda of his faction even though it had retracted from its moves against the Antony Government following the ...
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  • Road Safety Bill in this session
  • Thangal to decide IUML response
  • Age limit for appointment of lecturers to be raised
  • CM creating communal divide: Janu
  • Antony has no right to continue as CM: Kodiyeri
  • Fresh option for engg. courses
  • Enhanced fee structure being overlooked?


    Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
    Overbridge-Thampanoor road to be reopened next month
    THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, JULY 21.The Overbridge-Thampanoor road, which was closed for the reconstruction of the railway culvert, is likely to be opened to traffic within a month. One half of the culvert is nearing completion, leaving only the ...
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  • New civil station in city soon
  • Test reveals high coliform content in zoo lakes
  • DTPC facilitation centre getting ready at Kallar
  • Corpn. acquires 20 fogging machines


    Tamil Nadu
    Unions awaiting `Jayalalithaa verdict'
    CHENNAI, JULY 21. While the Supreme Court suggestion to the Tamil Nadu Government that it take back sacked staff came as a huge relief to thousands of government employees, the key staff unions, which spearheaded the recent strike, claimed that ...
    Work apace on Veeranam project
    CUDDALORE, JULY 21. The Veeranam project, technically known as Chennai Water Supply Augmentation Project-1, is progressing at a brisk pace. Work on the Rs. 720-crore project, inaugurated on February 2, 2003, is likely to be completed by June ...
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  • STF `victims' suffering from psychiatric disorder
  • Aptitude test for B. Arch mandatory: HC
  • SETS, Anna varsity sign MoU for research tie-up
  • Farm ponds, a glimmer of hope for farmers
  • Truck drivers' families riding into the jaws of death
  • TNAU to produce canned food products
  • SETS, Anna varsity sign MoU for research tie-up
  • Move the right forum, make Karnataka release water: ryots
  • Separate export policy essential for State: FIEO
  • Don't delay reinstatement: Vasan


    Tamil Nadu-Chennai
    `Five tmcft. can be harvested in Chennai every year'
    CHENNAI, JULY 21. Even as water managers are planning to launch a major drive for rainwater harvesting in Chennai, experts are looking at the possibility of harvesting nearly five tmcft in a year even with only a third of the city's normal annual ...
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  • MTC buses being tested for smoke opacity
  • S.V. Venkataraman dead
  • CM asks Corpn. to instal RWH structures in its buildings
  • Burglars target pawnbrokers in Chengai East
  • 65-year-old woman clubbed to death at Chitlapakkam


    Pondicherry
    Rangasamy's Delhi visit triggers speculation
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 21. The Chief Minister, N. Rangasamy, today left here for Chennai en route to Delhi. An official source said the Chief Minister had programmed to meet the Deputy Prime Minister and the Union Human Resource Development Minister ...
    Supply uniforms, books without delay: AISF
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 21. The State Council of the All-India Students Federation has called upon the Government to ensure that books and uniforms were distributed without delay in schools run by the Department of Education. The general secretary, ...
    French Ambassador visiting Pondy tomorrow
    PONDICHERRY, JULY 21. The Ambassador of France in India, Dominique Girard, will be on a three-day visit to Pondicherry from July 23. During his visit, the Ambassador will have a courtesy meeting with the Lt. Governor, visit various French ...



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